Big Interview: Scott Durant

Scott Durant had only heaved his oar once through the water when the realisation began to set in that he and his Team GB team-mates were on the way to something good.
It was not that the Lancashire rower had any time to pause for thought in the white hot atmosphere of an Olympic final.
But deep within his subconscious, Durant knew that a gold medal in the men’s eight rowing event, in Rio de Janeiro, was going to be his.
The 28-year-old’s initial good feeling about the GB crew’s chances proved to be right.
Having hit the front from the start, they swept to victory in glorious and... read more

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